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Educational Institutions. § 391. The said school of mines shall be a place for instruction without charge, to all bona fide residents of this territory, without regard to sex or color; and with the consent of said board, students from other states or territories may be admitted thereto, upon such terms and upon such rates for tuition as the board may prescribe.

§ 392. The said board at their first meeting, and biennially thereafter, shall elect one of their number president of such board, and shall also appoint a secretary and treasurer either from their own number or other suitable persons as they may deem best, and prescribe their duties, and may in their discretion remove such secretary and treasurer. All meetings of said board shall be held at Rapid City, in the county of Pennington, in this territory.

§ 393. The governor of this territory, with the advice and consent of the council, shall at each regular session of the legislative assembly of Dakota territory, appoint suitable persons to fill all vacancies in said board of trustees, either by expiration of their term of office or otherwise, and any vacancies occurring in said board when the legislative assembly is not in session may be temporarily filled by the governor until the next meeting of the legislative assembly.

§ 394. The board of trustees shall elect a president of the school of mines, who shall biennially on or before the thirtieth day of December in each year, make a report to the governor of this territory of the prosperity and condition of said school of mines, containing such statistical and other information pertaining thereto as may be deemed necessary and useful, and also a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of such institution.

§ 395. Whenever any building is to be erected the board of trustees shall have authority to procure all necessary plans and specifications for such building, and it shall be their duty to advertise for proposals for the erection and completion of said building in such manner as they shall deem most advantageous, and shall let the contract for the erection of said building to the lowest responsible bidder, such contractor in every case to give adequate security for the faithful performance of his contract; and the said board of trustees shall have authority to appoint a building superintendent, whose duty it shall be to superintend the construction of said building in compliance with the terms of the contract, and to perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the said board of trustees; and such building superintendent shall receive such compensation for his services as the board of trustees shall determine, and such compensation shall be paid out of the building fund.

§ 396. The said board of trustees shall require the treasurer of the school of mines to give such bonds as may be deemed sufficient to protect such institution against loss of any funds which may come into his hands as such treasurer, conditioned for the safe keeping and faithful disbursement thereof, and the said treasurer of the school of mines shall not pay out any of the funds which shall come into his hands as such treasurer, except upon the order of the president of the school of mines, countersigned by the secretary thereof.

§ 397. shall be lawful for the dean of the said school of mines, who shall be appointed by the board of trustees, to charge and collect such reasonable fees for any and all assays, analyses, or mill tests made at the school of mines, as the said board may

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